Michigan Legislative Activity Ledger

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Health Policy and Human Services

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Meeting date
2019-10-10
Scheduled start
2019-10-10 13:00:00.000000
Documented start
2019-10-10 13:03:00.000000
Documented end
2019-10-10 13:24:00.000000
Location
the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Official minutes
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Actual end
2019-10-10 13:24:00.000000
Actual start
2019-10-10 13:03:00.000000
Chamber
senate
Committee id
committee-165
Committee name
Health Policy and Human Services
Evidence text
MEMBERS: SEN. JOHN BIZON, M.D., MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. RUTH A. JOHNSON SEN. KIMBERLY A. LASATA SEN. MICHAEL D. MACDONALD SEN. LANA THEIS SEN. WINNIE BRINKS, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. CURTIS HERTEL, JR. SEN. SYLVIA SANTANA SEN. PAUL WOJNO THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN SERVICES SENATOR CURTIS S. VANDERWALL CHAIR 4500 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-1725 FAX: (517) 373-0741 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES October 10, 2019 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Health Policy and Human Services was scheduled for Thursday, October 10, 2019, at 1:00 p.m., in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported SB 170 (Sen. McBroom) with recommendation and immediate effect. 2. Testimony regarding HB 4710 (Rep. Kahle). The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:03 p.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, Johnson, LaSata, MacDonald, Theis, Brinks, Hertel, Santana, and Wojno, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bizon to adopt the meeting minutes from October 3, 2019. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bizon to report SB 170 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, Johnson, LaSata, MacDonald, Theis, Brinks, Hertel, Santana, Wojno Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 170. Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. The Chair invited Tara Rodriguez, of Rep. Kahle's office, to summarize HB 4710. Page 1 of 2 The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 4710: Henry Buchtel, Michigan Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine – Support Sarah Schwartz, Citizen – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding HB 4710: Kristin Whitfield, Michigan Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine – Support Gigi Cristache, Michigan Association of Acupuncture – Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:24 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: October 16, 2019 Page 2 of 2
Location
the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Media count
1
Meeting date
2019-10-10
Meeting id
meeting-2828
Meeting state
held
Minutes url
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Quorum state
quorum confirmed
Scheduled start
2019-10-10 13:00:00.000000
Session name
2019-2020

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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Health Policy and Human Services,” /meetings/meeting-2828.

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